Object: Cocktail dress
Designer:
Jacques Fath
(1912 - 1954)
Manufacturer:
Joseph Halpert
Retailer:
Julius Garfinckel & Co.
(American, 1905 - 1990)
Date: Fall 1952
Medium: Silk satin and patent leather
Country: USA
Credit Line: Museum purchase
Object number: 2013.19.1
DescriptionCocktail dress and belt; red long sleeve dress in silk satin with fitted seamed waist and full mid calf length skirt; coordinating black patent leather narrow, shaped, structured belt with self covered buckle
Label Text:Couturier Jacques Fath expanded his business in 1948 by signing a contract with American manufacturer Joseph Halpert. Soon, Fath began traveling to New York twice a year to design distinctive ready-to-wear collections especially for his American clients. The fullness of the silk satin skirt shows that luxury was not compromised in his ready-to-wear designs.
Exhibitions:
- Faking It: Originals, Copies, and Counterfeits
- Paris, Capital of Fashion